Comment 4 for bug 951045

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Xavier Bertou (bertou-v) wrote :

BTW, don't know if it clear, but not only the position in a distant past/future is wrong. The current position of the satellite is also wrong.
If I go to New York, USA, and look at Intelsat 707 (just updated the files using reload from the configuration file), it is SW, while it should be SE (New York is 73W, Intelsat 707 53W). dishpointer.com gives the the expected direction, but not stellarium.
The relevant part of the last satellite.json file I have is:

                "23816":
                {
                        "comms": [],
                        "groups": ["geostationary"],
                        "name": "INTELSAT 707 (IS-707)",
                        "orbitVisible": false,
                        "tle1": "1 23816U 96015A 11345.31390747 -.00000269 00000-0 10000-3 0 3108",
                        "tle2": "2 23816 0.0142 351.8754 0003576 269.3710 238.4581 1.00270608 57671",
                        "visible": false
                },

dishpointer.com tells me:
Elevation: 38.2°
Azimuth (true): 149.5°
stellarium:
Az/Alt:+214.../+36...